From Clive Gifford, award-winning author of 100 Inventions that Made History and the Kingfisher Football Encyclopedia, comes this wonderful lift-the-flap look at urban life.
Lift the flaps to find secret histories, gob-smacking records and inspiring inventions around town. Kids will discover how:
there are 6 million skeletons buried in tunnels beneath the city of Paris.
the most people to have ridden a motorbike at one time is 54
the world's fastest lift travels 80 floors in just 37 seconds
Eyes will boggle and jaws will drop. This is perfect non-fiction for kids aged 5+. With fun and vibrant illustrations from Brendan Kearney.
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Clive Gifford is an award-winning author of books for children and adults including the astonishing Dead or Alive, the creepy Book of Bad Things and the brain mangling Think Again and Eye Benders. His books have been shortlisted for the TES Information Book of the Year, the Blue Peter Prize and the British Book Awards as well as winning Smithsonian, Children's Choice, NAPPA and PBS awards.
Whilst studying Architecture at University Brendan Kearney realised he didn't like rulers. He also discovered that drawing pictures for a living was a legitimate and fun career option, and so traded architecture for illustration as quickly as he could.
Kids will love this hilarious fairy tale adventure packed with clever twists, familiar characters and page-turning fun.
The second book in a fabulous new magical, middle-grade series filled with adventure, wonder and wildness,
This is Book 69 in the 100 Facts Series. See all 100 Facts books here.
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Clive Gifford is a highly experienced journalist and author who has more than 70 books in print for both adults and children. Among his children's titles are Spies (Kingfisher), Refugees (Belitha), and The Kingfisher Soccer Encyclopedia. He has written a number of highly acclaimed titles on the subject of robotics, including How to Be a Robot (OUP) and Insid
More about Clive GiffordBrendan Kearney is also the illustrator of Lady Pancake & Sir French Toast and its sequels The Case of the Stinky Stench and Mission Defrostable , as well as Bertie Wings It . He lives in St. Albans, UK.
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